Box office

YOUR WEAKEND BOX OFFICE: The Hunger Games was knocked from the top spot by not one but two over-performing debuts. The heavily promoted Sony Screen Gems ensemble comedy Think Like a Man, based on Steve Harvey's dating-advice best-seller, debuted as the top weekend draw with $33 million, almost double the estimated take. The Warner Bros. schmaltz-fest The Lucky One, based on Nicholas Sparks' novel and starring Zac Efron, opened at # 2 with $22.8 million. Lions Gate's blockbuster The Hunger Games took in $14.5 million, good for #3, ending its four-week run, while raising its domestic total to $356.9 million. The Disney nature doc Chimpanzee debuted at # 4 with $10.2 million.

1. Think Like a Man: $33m / 2,015 theaters / $16,377 avg.
2. The Lucky One: $22.8m / $3,155 theaters / $7,228 avg.
3. The Hunger Games: $14.5 million (-31.3%) / 3,752 theaters / $3,865 avg./ week 5
4. Chimpanzee: $10.2m / 1,563 theaters / $6,529 avg.
5. The Three Stooges: $9.2m (-45.9%) / 3,482 theaters / $2,642 avg. / week 2

Dollying back to take in the big picture, overall revenues slipped for the second straight weekend, at $129 million, down 5% from the same weekend last year, when Rio led with $26.3 million. Source: boxofficemojo.com. (4/23a)